Dopamine promotes aggression in mice via ventral tegmental area to lateral septum projections
The authors show that terminal activity of dopaminergic neurons selectively projecting from the ventral tegmental area to the lateral septum is sufficient for promoting aggression and necessary for establishing baseline aggression in mice.
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Main Authors: | Darshini Mahadevia, Rinki Saha, Alessia Manganaro, Nao Chuhma, Annette Ziolkowski-Blake, Ashlea A. Morgan, Dani Dumitriu, Stephen Rayport, Mark S. Ansorge |
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Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/bedb5a8b28ab4e4cadccee6c0020bd40 |
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